37. Caroline Bristow

About England, the family of Caecilius, and revisions to a classic textbook about the classical world. 

Caroline Bristow is the Director of the Cambridge School Classics Project. After earning a bachelor’s and master’s degree in ancient history from the University of Oxford, she worked as a teacher for several years, teaching subjects such as classical civilization, classical Greek, religion, philosophy, and anthropology. She then moved on to become a Classics and Religious Studies Subject Specialist, working closely with the Department of Education to develop subject-specific guidelines and policies. In her role as Director of the Cambridge School Classics Project, a position she has held since 2017, Caroline oversees the Cambridge Latin Course, coordinates teacher support and training, participates in public outreach, and endeavors to make the ancient world accessible to a wide audience of students by advancing Classics pedagogy through research-based methodology. 

UK School Latin Course Overhauled to Reflect Diversity of Roman World: The Guardian, July 10, 2022

CLARIFICATION: In the North American 5th Edition of the Cambridge Latin Course, the character Barbillus appears AFTER Stage 16 (i.e., in Stage 17).

Recorded in October of 2024

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Quintilian⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is supported by a Bridge Initiative Grant from the Committee for the Promotion of Latin and Greek, a division of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Classical Association of the Middle West and South⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Music: "Echo Canyon Instrumental" by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Clive Romney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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